The High Cost of Misunderstanding Terrorism
The Obama administration will include $200 million in next year’s budget to help defray the security costs resulting from the criminal trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his fellow 9/11 terrorists. This is infuriating, of course: why should the taxpayers have to foot that expense?
But it is also illuminating. Why, exactly, [...]
Are You Being Searched?
Perennial ghost blogger DRJ on Patterico’s Pontifications (my second favorite blog) raised a fascinating issue yesterday. Quoth she:
The FBI is using facial recognition software to scan driver’s licenses in an effort to locate fugitives[.]
In a nuttery, the Fibbies take mug shots of wanted suspects, run them through facial-recognition software (FRS), and compare them to [...]
Hollywood’s Shifting Attitude on Guns
I’ve been enjoying the summer run of the SyFy (Fromerly Sci-Fi) Channel show Warehouse 13, about Secret Service agents investigating mystical artifacts. It’s fun and entertaining fluff that’s enjoyable to watch. But I noticed something really interesting in last night’s episode.
The agents are searching for an artifact when they hear a gunshot. Rushing to where [...]
Ten Things He Hates About Us
Here the Ten Uniquements [thirteen no, wait -- fourteen!] that Barack H. Obama hates about the America he inherited — and how he plans to change all that. Obviously not every person in the United States will fit every instance of American exceptionalism on this list; in fact, some folks will see the entire [...]
